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Are Viruses Living Things?Characteristics of Living things are…• Made of cells• Can reproduce• Based on a universal genetic code• Grow and develop• Obtain and use materials and energy• Respond to the environment• Maintain homeostasis• As a group, change over time
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Viral Characteristics
•NON-LIVING
•REPRODUCE ONLY WITHIN A HOST CELL by hijacking the cells’ machinery
•NAMED FOR DISEASE THEY CAUSE OR PLACE THEY INFECT
Viral SizeViral Size
• Viruses are very small. If an average virus were the size of an average person, a bacterial cell would be the size of a dinosaur over ten stories tall.
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Viral Structure
• All viruses have:– genetic material (DNA or RNA)– Capsid: protein coat that enables a virus to enter a
living cell
How do viruses infect cells?
• Once a virus enters a host cell, two different processes can occur:
– Lysogenic cycle
– Lytic cycle
Lytic Cycle
1. viral DNA is injected into the host cell2. host cell begins to make mRNA from
the viral DNA3. viral proteins shut down the host cell’s
regular functions4. cell is used to make thousands of
viruses (DNA and protein coats)5. host cell bursts (lyses) and releases
viruses to infect other cells
Lysogenic Cycle
1. viral DNA is injected into the host cell
2. DNA is integrated into the host DNA
3. host cell divides with the viral DNA as a part of it
4. eventually the viral DNA can be triggered to separate from the host cell DNA and pick up with the lytic cycle at step 2.